The Blood Crown

Ever since Chen Kui dispatched troops from Yongzhou, he has been ready for battle at any time, so the preparation speed this time is also very fast. Yan Sikong felt very uncomfortable seeing his army so well-trained, because all this It is due to him and Yuan Nanyu, but now they are also going to fight Yuan Nanyu.

However, when he arranged Yuan Nanyu to train soldiers for Chen Yu, he also left a lot of supporters. Among the generals, Yuan Nanyu placed his own people. Recently, the news that Chen Yu is stepping up his army preparation should have spread to Yuan Nanyu. If he heard it, he could also deliver the news through this person, but unfortunately even he didn't know Chen Kui's specific plan now.

Yan Sikong felt more and more that the existence of Shen Hexuan was a threat to him. Without Shen Hexuan, he could control Chen Kui better, so he had to wait for the opportunity to get rid of Shen Hexuan.

Within two days, Chen Kui came to Yan Sikong with a gloomy face, saying that Feng Ye sent someone to deliver a letter, and would like to exchange Pingliang for Yan Sikong.

Hearing this name, Yan Sikong's mouth twitched, but his eyelids did not blink, and his face remained normal.

"How dare he openly ask for someone? It's ridiculous." Chen Wei said angrily, "Don't say that I can't hand over my husband to him. Throughout the past and present, I have never heard of someone exchanging an important city for a person. He's clearly cheating."

"Of course it's a trick." Shen Hexuan said, "It's impossible for Feng Ye to hand over the city to His Highness."

"How does he want to exchange?" Yan Sikong asked back.

"Sir, what are you doing?" Chen Kui said loudly.

"I just want to know what trick he's trying to pull off."

"I don't want to know." Chen Kui snorted coldly, "Maybe he is trying to provoke me on purpose."

Yan Sikong and Shen Hexuan glanced at each other, probably knowing what the other was thinking.

Feng Ye's move was indeed to irritate Chen Kui, and it was also hinting at Chen Kui.The two cities of Pingliang and Fengxiang will take a surprise attack, which one to choose is up to Chen Yu to decide, but now Fengye pushes the word Pingliang to Chen Yu, and even proposes to use this city to replace people. He was deeply humiliated, so it was very likely that he would go to attack Pingliang and lead the Fengye army.

Even though Shen Hexuan knew, in front of Yan Sikong, he would not remind Chen Kui, once he reminded Chen Kui, Chen Kui might give up Pingliang, and Feng Xiang would be left.

Even if Chen Kui could think of this, he was afraid that Feng Ye would think backwards and guess that he would abandon Pingliang and attack Fengxiang. Since no matter which one he attacked, the enemy might guess it. If you choose Pingliang, if you win Pingliang, you can also severely humiliate Feng Ye.

This attack is really good.

After Chen Kui calmed down, he seemed to have noticed something, and his brows furrowed deeper: "Could it be that Feng Ye already knew that I was going to make a surprise attack?"

"It can't be so fast, we just agreed."

"He doesn't know, but he may have guessed a little bit." Shen Hexuan said, "We can't take this person lightly. Starting today, we will strictly order people who enter and exit the city to be investigated. The timing of the surprise attack must not be revealed."

Chen Kui nodded: "It's freezing cold. Although the march is slow, it is difficult for the scouts to detect the military situation, which is in our favor."

"When does Your Highness want to attack?" Yan Sikong asked.

Chen Kui replied: "Recently, the time has not yet been determined."

Yan Sikong sneered inwardly, it seemed that it was not easy to find out the news from Chen Kui's mouth, it didn't matter, as long as he was around, he would definitely keep Yuan Nanyu safe.

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A few days later, when Chen Kui sent troops, Yan Sikong learned that Chen Kui's forward troops had already set off three days ago.

During the expedition, Yan Sikong remained expressionless all day long. After setting up camp, Chen Kui waved away everyone in the Chinese army tent, leaving Yan Sikong alone, and asked tentatively, "Mister, are you annoyed by me?"

Yan Sikong cupped his hands and said, "If Your Highness doesn't trust me, why should you force me to stay by your side?"

"Sir, I misunderstood. I am really afraid that there will be too many people talking, and the military plane will be leaked. It is not Mr. Precautions."

"Your Highness probably thinks I'm a fool." Yan Sikong said in a low voice, "I can guess what Shen Hexuan said to you."

Chen Kui sat next to Yan Sikong, "Sir, you have been planning for Fengye for so long before. It is understandable for Shen Hexuan to doubt you, but I don't want to doubt you, sir. It's just that the military situation is too dangerous this time. I just want to make sure nothing goes wrong. I didn't Tell sir, but also tell no one."

Yan Sikong stared at Chen Kui, and said softly, "Your Highness, I'm just...just afraid."

"What are you afraid of, sir?"

"I'm afraid you'll treat me like Fengye." Yan Sikong smiled wryly, "on the one hand, you're on guard against me, and on the other hand you want to use me. I really don't want to go through that kind of torture again, so I'd rather not have anything, but stay away from me." strife."

Chen Kui looked at Yan Sikong's lonely expression, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken: "I will never hurt you like Feng Ye, I said before, I treat my husband like a treasure, but... just I also hope that my husband can treat me well. Respond."

Yan Sikong slightly turned his face away.

"Sir, you are a smart man." Chen Kui took Yan Sikong's hand, "Don't think about those who hurt you, but push away those who are sincere to you."

Yan Sikong pulled Chen Kui's hand away: "Your Highness, between you and me, there is always only a teacher-student relationship. I don't want to have such entanglements with others anymore. I hope Your Highness will keep his promise."

Chen Kui lowered his head in disappointment, a bit of anger and unwillingness flickered in his eyes.With the expansion of power and military strength, he couldn't bear Yan Sikong's repeated rejections more and more, especially his opponent was Fengye.

Chen Kui took a deep breath: "Anyway, don't worry too much, Mr. Mr. is my closest person, and no one can replace you."

"But Your Highness refuses to let me know about the military situation." Yan Sikong mocked, "Since I have decided to stay and help Your Highness, I want His Highness to win over there, but Your Highness has kept things secret from me, how can I do it?"

Chen Kui hesitated for a moment: "Actually, there is nothing to hide from sir. The vanguard has brought [-] soldiers and horses to escort food and grass first. After leaving Jiuhuai Mountain, I will decide whether to go to Pingliang or Fengxiang. I can't tell sir. It's not a deliberate concealment. But I haven't decided yet."

Yan Sikong nodded: "Where's the enemy army?"

"The scouts have just received new news that Yuan Shaoxu has become Que Wang's general, and he has finally been reused."

"What?" Yan Sikong's expression changed.

Chen Kui thought that Yan Sikong still held a grudge against Yuan Shaoxu: "I know that Mister definitely wants to know about him, don't worry, Mister, I will lead them to catch as much work as possible, and leave it to Mister to deal with."

The fists in Yan Sikong's sleeves were tightly clenched, and his chest felt tight for a while.

The participating general is the deputy general, which is extremely important in the first army. How could Yuan Nanyu give Yuan Shaoxu the position of his deputy? !

It wasn't because he hated Yuan Shaoxu's actions that he felt it was wrong—he did, but what worried him most was Yuan Shaoxu's overjoyed achievements and uncoordinated virtue.

It is definitely not a good thing for Yuan Nanyu to have Yuan Shaoxu as a general.

But he can also imagine why Yuan Nanyu did this.Yuan Nanyu's original general was promoted and sent to Fengxiang to defend the city. Given the vacancy, Yuan Shaoxu would definitely threaten him with family affection. Can be trained, then...

If Yuan Shaoxu could really obey his orders, maybe nothing would go wrong, just because he was afraid that this person had something wrong with him.

Yan Sikong asked: "Did Your Highness ever bribe Yuan Shaoxu?"

"It was only at that time..." Chen Kui felt a little guilty, "Shen Hexuan colluded with him to drive a wedge between you and Feng Ye, but Yuan Shaoxu had no intention of betraying the master."

Yan Sikong stared straight at Chen Kui: "Your Highness didn't lie to me, did you?"

"Absolutely not." Chen Yu hurriedly said.

Yan Sikong took a deep breath: "That's good, otherwise, if this person is still useful, I won't be able to deal with him."

"This person is jealous of virtue and ability, he can even betray his brother-in-law. Even if such a villain wants to join us, he can't believe it."

Yan Sikong sneered: "When I was young, I respected him as my eldest brother and obeyed his advice, but he never gave me a good look. I was often blamed in front of him. In the end, I even kicked me out of the house when I was only 13 years old. I read In terms of brotherhood, let him seek employment under Feng Ye, but his nature is hard to change, he thinks that I hinder his future, and designs to frame me..." In the end, what was originally half-truth and half-false also made Yan Sikong felt angry, "If it falls into my hands this time, I will never spare him."

Chen Kui comforted him: "Sir, calm down, I will try my best to catch some alive, and send them to my husband."

"Thank you, Your Highness." After thinking for a while, Yan Sikong said, "By the way, how did Your Highness reply to Fengye?"

What Yan Sikong was referring to was naturally Fengye's request to exchange Pingliang for him.

"I ignored him." Chen Wei asked back, "How do you think I should reply?"

"You might as well promise him that he will withdraw his troops from Pingliang immediately, and you will send me to him in a bundle."

"Cheat him?"

Yan Sikong nodded with a sneer: "Just say, as soon as he withdraws his troops, he will immediately send me to Pingliang. In this way, he will be full of suspicion. Maybe he is still thinking, our army has arrived, so kill him!" Caught off guard."

"Okay, if you mess with his mind, I'll send a messenger right away."

Seeing Chen Yu's preoccupied appearance, Yan Sikong felt that Chen Yu's attack on Pingliang was almost inseparable.People have preconceived habits, Feng Ye and he have repeatedly mentioned Pingliang in front of Chen Kui many times, making Chen Kui feel that Ping Liang is more important than Feng Xiang, taking Ping Liang can severely humiliate Feng Ye, and Ping Liang is even more important than Feng Xiang. It is thirty or forty miles closer to Fengxiang, no matter how you weigh it, it is very difficult for Chen Kui to bypass Pingliang and choose Fengxiang.

What he has to do now is to find a way to disclose the news to Yuan Nanyu, and at the same time remind Yuan Nanyu to be careful of Yuan Shaoxu.